MMIC Design Engineer - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 2, United States
$132,330 - $220,550 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a MMIC Design Engineer in the Keysight Technology Organization, you will design, layout, and validate millimeter-wave ICs for measurement instruments.
What you'll do
- Work with internal teams to define critical performance parameters and align requirements with semiconductor processes. - Execute transistor- and diode-level design, physical layout, and design verification (DRC and LVS) for millimeter-wave circuits. - Perform measurement validation, characterization, and documentation of completed IC designs. - Collaborate with engineering teams across device modeling and measurement lab operations.
What you'll need
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, with thesis work or relevant industry experience in mm-wave IC design. - At least 2 years of experience working on mm-wave IC design in semiconductor technologies (including relevant graduate work). - At least one full cycle of transistor- or diode-level design, physical layout, verification (DRC, LVS), and measurement validation. - Experience with multiple types of mm-wave frequency circuits, such as mixers, amplifiers, multipliers, and filters operating above 30 GHz. - Demonstrated ability to document and present technical results.
Nice to have
- Experience with high power in a single MMIC (> +30dBm). - Experience in system level analysis. - Knowledge in device modelling, thermal design, and IC package design. - Experience in wafer probe calibration and measurements. - Knowledge and experience in thin film and PCB board design. - Experience using tools such as ADS, Momentum, EMPro, SystemVue, or equivalent.
Skills: MMIC, mm-wave, transistor level, layout, DRC/LVS
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 58-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
273
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$166k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (273 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 273 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 41 | 1497 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 74 d | 58 d (+16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: MMIC, mm-wave, transistor level, layout, DRC/LVS
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 46 open roles · median 48 d
- QORVO · 41 open roles · median 58 d
- Apple · 29 open roles · median 13 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 28 open roles · median 107 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 111 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 11 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 273 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.